Donald Trump’s appearance at the Al Smith dinner Thursday night will come with an ironic twist, according to a prominent New York Times reporter who has covered the former president extensively for years. Maggie Haberman, a CNN political analyst and reporter at the Times, said Trump would seize the opportunity “to make all kinds of jokes at the expense of some of the people sitting in the room with him” while in New York for the dinner that raises money for charity. “It’s a mixed room politically, but it’s a pretty hospitable environment for Trump. The irony is it is filled with the kind of el…